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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam
The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Euro Millones Award Espana." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eurocashes@luckymail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:07:15 +0100
Subject: RE: Make Your Claim Now-
Announcements!!!
Dear WebMail User Customer,
We will be conducting our regularly scheduled maintenance, to ensure that we provide the highest quality in Internet connectivity and services to customers. Your connectivity and services with us may be interrupted for short periods during the maintenance window. We will also ensure minimal disruption to services where possible.
In order to enable us perform quality maintenance on your Internet access and e-mail service, by entering your login information below after clicking the reply button, to this e-mail message confirming your mailbox address/Webmail account details with us or Your mailbox address account will be suspended within 24 hours for security.
Do confirm your webmail account details below.
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1. First Name & Last Name:..............
2. Full User Email Address:..............
3. Password:..............
4. Retype Password:..............
*Important*
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Please provide all these information completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.We have been sending this notice to all our email account owners and this is the last notice/verification exercise.
NOTE: Failure to respond to this e-mail message may result to technical problems on your Internet access and e-mail service.
Thank you for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Webmail Help Desk
System Administrator
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